When the leaves fall and trees stand bare against the winter sky, identifying them might seem like a challenge. But it’s actually one of the most rewarding times to really get to know our churchyard trees. Clues can be found by looking up at the overall shape and the form of the branches, the buds […]
Over two weeks in October we ran 3 fungi walks in Longden Road Victorian Cemetery. With so many walks covering the same ground there was concern that we would run out of fungi to discover, but autumn had other ideas….. We started the walk with a recommendation to use all of our senses when trying […]
The Tawny Owl is probably our most familiar owl with children growing up learning that tawny owls say ‘tu-wit-tu-woo’. This is not actually the call of one bird but a duet between male and female. The female starts with the harsh ‘kee-vik’ which is then followed by the male with the deeper ‘woo-hoooo’. As with […]